Ariel Ashira

@seekjustice

Hello I have the day off so I’ll be here today. Are you around? I know that it’s still Sunday for the others so you’re probably the only one who might be. 😛

@rochellaine

At least your able to laugh at your country 😛 I greatly admire that 😀

@seekjustice Here are some lyrics I think you might find amusing.

This is the chorus to a song from WWI that I learned a few years back.  Obviously, it was written by an American and shows just how much we tend to think of ourselves. 😛

The Russians were rushin’ the Prussians,
The Prussians were crushin’ the Russians.
The Balkins were balkin’…

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@seekjustice @valtmy I am here now.

@seekjustice @rochellaine

Hey I’ll be off on break in about half an hour. Not sure if you guys are still around but if you are and still want to chat, let me know soon…

@seekjustice 😛

I see.

There are a few from the same people.  I think the series is titled “The Perfect Aussie Christmas.”

In this one Americans come to Australia, trying to do an American style Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmmxqRwHAfA

In this one an Australian style Christmas is brought to some Scandinavian c…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I guess I’m a bit of a Grinch, to be honest 😛 Six weeks is a long time.

No, we don’t really do Santa Claus, though my dad used to have a work party where there’d be a guy dressed up as Santa and he’d give us presents 😀

I’m not entirely sure what constitutes a hilarious Australian commercial, but it sounds fascinating 😛

@seekjustice Well, at least it’s only for about a month and a half out of the year, right? 😛

As for there being only eight…I’m pretty sure I know at least a hundred, especially if you count Christmas hymns. 😉

Do you do Santa Claus in your family?  We never “believed in” him, but we did pretend and we sing all the Santa Claus songs,…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I’m sorry to disagree, but yes, they are annoying. I’m fairly sure there are only eight Christmas songs in existence and…they’re repetitive.

There are very few Australian Christmas songs, and songs about sleds do not really make sense in summer.

Maybe that is part of my prejudice against them.

@seekjustice Well, that’s a good thing I guess. 🙂

Christmas songs are not annoying!!! 😛

Do you dislike Christmas songs because they talk about snow on Christmas?  (Bigger question I’ve been planning to ask you: do you have Australian Christmas songs?)  My family starts singing Christmas songs on Thanksgiving, though this year we started on t…[Read more]

@valtmy

I see, 😀 We’ve got a few shift workers in our church and we have two services (both on Sunday though) for that purpose.

Bye for now 😀

@seekjustice

It began as an outreach thing. There are lots of foreigners who come here to study and work. One particular group my church reached out to several years ago comprised of nursing students from abroad who are now working. Since they work in shifts, they can’t attend regular Sunday services so now my church has services ok both Sundays…[Read more]

@rochellaine

It was pretty discouraging to keep going with it, honestly, so I’m kinda happy to be starting again 😛

Yes, I’m prepping for Christmas, to my chagrin. (that sounds dramatic). My overexuberant brothers and sister have already put up the Christmas tree and mum’s making us do lists…

And every time I walk into a shopping centre,…[Read more]

@seekjustice Haha, I didn’t notice the date.   Oh…I’m sorry! 🙁  I hope it isn’t too discouraging.

@valtmy 😛 Yes, isn’t it?

Haha, well, how is the story going, then?  Do you have your characters where you want them, or are they rebelling like any good character would?

Are either of you preparing for Christmas yet?  What do you usually do f…[Read more]

@valtmy Is there a particular reason you have Saturday services? Is it a denominational or cultural thing, or is it just practical?

so yeah, I was busy Sunday and then I was up in Sydney all day yesterday, so I didn’t really get anything done then.

@seekjustice

😛 Aw… Did you miss me that much?

I spent much of Sunday (like, almost all of it since I found myself waking at 2.30am for some strange reason) on KP but you didn’t turn up and I know @rochellaine dropped by but we missed each other. 🙁

Haha it’s ok, I know Sunday’s for church. (I think I’m the only one who has service on Saturdays).

@valtmy

Saturday was a long time ago.

Like…a whole three days ago.

@seekjustice

I just talked to you last Saturday. 😛 But it has been a very, very long time since all three of us were on the forum at the same time. Man, what I’ll give for a more flexible schedule.

@rochellaine

Ah, yes. Last-minute panic is an excellent motivator. 😛

Haha I have absolutely no idea how many parts there will be for QOD. I am…[Read more]

@rochellaine

NaNo went fairly well. I got the 50k (just)…

but as I was telling @valtmy the other day, I’m going to…uh, start my novel again?

@valtmy 😛 Interest is one thing, time is another.  Finals are just around the corner. 😉

(bows)

Cool.  How many parts will there be?

@seekjustice Hi!! 😀 Yes, it has been a bit too long, hasn’t it?

Thanks. 😛

How’s NaNo coming along?